I received a Notice of Deliquent Citation (unpaid parking fee) some time in February, which took me by surprise because I had not received a citation on my car. I looked up my BART EZRider account and noticed that I had paid for parking on the date the citation was issued. I wrote a letter to BART showing proof of payment.

In May I realized I hadn't received anything from BART, looked up the citation on the website and found out the citation had not been dismissed and instead had been raised from $35 to $65.

SFGate is saying that there are basically going to be riots in Oakland no matter if the verdict is Guitly or Not Guilty or anything less that first degree murder. But I am not so sure. It seems like a lot of hot air and most people I know do not care about the case any more.

Do you think there will be riots? If so what is the best way to avoid them?
Would it be enough to just stay out of Oakland or would I have to stay off of BART completely?

http://www.vancouversun.com/killed+catch+Calgary+commuter+train/3187089/story.html

This is one of the worst incidents that can ever happen. Parents please hold your child's hand while on the platform.

goes into funding the BART director's pet projects so James Fang could get his stupid 3% fare rollback. And 50 cars will get a "deep cleaning" bet you the 50 cars getting deep cleaned will only be the ones with the slanted noses....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/28/BA0C1E56RV.DTL&tsp=1

A list below of the pet projects the surplus is getting funneled into:

it was worst 10 years ago. I dug up an article

He's white trash. A pure thug and nothing else. He's never apologized to Grant's family. Why not?

I'm also surprise that officers YoYo (JOJO) and Crapnel support him. After all, they're black people and the crime WAS racism involved and caused mainly because of Meserle's racist pro-nazi white power beliefs.

When I first became aware of the Mehserle shooting I was totally convinced that he did it on purpose. But the more I read and hear about it my opinion is changing. I don't think the guy meant to shoot the victim, that being said I don't think he should just walk away from it. What do you guys think?

(I haven't posted on here in a long time and cuz I have been home (UK) my perspective my be a bit different than most I suppose)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/25/BA581E4ITI.DTL&tsp=1

i think the officer was totally justified, and i agree with linton johnson (i never thought i'd agree with linton on anything. what a shock; no pun intended) who said that by not tasing the guy he would be sending the wrong message - that you can put up a fight with a cop and they will let you go.

and add lynette sweet to the douchebag list. she's right up there with john burrass.

The feds just signed off on the environmental report to bring BART to the Berryessa area of San Jose. Apparently this is a good sign for the project getting $900M from the federal government towards its $2.1B construction cost. The Mercury News has more details.

The expected opening date for that extension is 2018.

Curious, I know BART won't do this in the foreseable future, but would platform screen doors be feasible anywhere on the BART system? I could see them installed at the stations in Downtown SF which get pretty crowded during Rush Hour. Or has the amount of people riding BART at Rush Hour not reached the level where it would require this?

On BART this morning around 7:30 from Fremont to Richmond I was sitting next to the window when suddenly a lot of air starting coming in from around the windown, between the black rubber seal and the metal frame. Is this normal? I didn't notice air coming from the vents.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/23942900/detail.html

OAKLAND, Calif. -- On Thursday, a Bay Area anarchist group promised action when the verdict comes down in the murder trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle.

Oakland police said they'll be ready no matter what sort of trouble breaks out on the street. On Friday they'll begin training for possible civil unrest that could arise after the verdict is announced.

The Downtown Hayward station no longer smells like urine. After a couple of phone calls, they not only cleaned the restrooms, but the entire facility as well. I have to give them credit, now I hope they can maintain it.

This morning was a perfect example of why the $5 million surplus should be used on maintenance and longer trains rather than 10-cent fare cuts.

They rolled out the new "Clipper" card, really just a rebranding of the Translink card, today. The Comicle has details.

Now if WageWorks would just get their act together and make it simple to put my pre-tax BART tickets onto one of them. Sigh.